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All In: The Fight for Democracy

Only white menwho owned property had the right to vote

Only white men
who owned property had the right to vote

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Only white men who owned property
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had the right to vote.
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00:07:40
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May 27, 2025
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The documentary takes a look at the history, and current activism against voter suppression; barriers to voting that most people don't even know is a threat to their basic rights as citizens of the United States.
That was a very small segment of the country even then. - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:05
That was a very small segment of the country even then.
The Constitution begins with the words, "We the people." - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:07
The Constitution begins with the words, "We the people....
It doesn’t include slaves. It doesn’t include women. - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:06
It doesn’t include slaves. It doesn’t include women.
So, the notion of "the people" is very restricted. - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:04
So, the notion of "the people" is very restricted.
ANDERSON: You won’t find sitting anywhere - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:27
ANDERSON: You won’t find sitting anywhere
White male property owners. - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:04
White male property owners.
It tells you we had a lot of work to do. - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:05
It tells you we had a lot of work to do.
My mom was the head librarian at William Carey College. - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:05
My mom was the head librarian at William Carey College.
My mom’s the only one of her siblings - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:06
My mom’s the only one of her siblings
I am the second of six children. - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:05
I am the second of six children.
And in the meantime, you had to do something - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:05
And in the meantime, you had to do something
ABRAMS: We would volunteer - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:05
ABRAMS: We would volunteer
If there was someone in need, my parents found a way - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:05
If there was someone in need, my parents found a way
Which was odd to us because, - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:04
Which was odd to us because,
They would say, "Having nothing - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:15
They would say, "Having nothing
ABRAMS: And we’d sort of trail out of the voting booth - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:06
ABRAMS: And we’d sort of trail out of the voting booth
But they wanted us to see them in the act of casting a vote. - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:05
But they wanted us to see them in the act of casting a vote.
I was 15, so I was unhappy with the world around me, - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:08
I was 15, so I was unhappy with the world around me,
I attended Avondale High School, - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:07
I attended Avondale High School,
When you’re valedictorian in Georgia, - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:07
When you’re valedictorian in Georgia,